Despite not pitching in high leverage situations right-hander Paul Sewald had played an important role in the 2018 New York Mets bullpen and a big reason for that has been his dominance of left-handed hitters. Lefties crushed Sewald in his first big league experience last year hitting .290/.385/.441 off him in 111 plate appearances. Sewald’s main weapon to get right-handers out was and...
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The New York Mets announced Saturday afternoon that they’ve optioned right-handed pitcher Gerson Bautista to Double-A Binghamton and recalled right-handed pitcher Corey Oswalt from Triple-A Las Vegas. Bautista, 22, was called up recently because the Mets need a fresh arm and he allowed two runs over 2.1 innings in his first two major league appearances. The hard thrower is still raw and...
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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway announced before the game on Firday that Jason Vargas will make his rehab start on Monday for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. The veteran lefty struck out 12 in six hitless innings in an intrasquad extended spring training game on Tuesday. He threw 82 pitches in the outing. Vargas broke the hamate bone in his non-throwing hand during Spring Training after being...
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Hard throwing righty Gerson Bautista made his major league debut earlier this week with a scoreless inning (struggled on Thursday night though) while Jacob Rhame was up with the New York Mets earlier this season and Jamie Callahan pitched last September. All three of those right-handed relievers were acquired by the Mets during the trade off of veterans last season and another one of those arms...
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One thing is abundantly clear right now, and it’s that Matt Harvey is no longer a starting pitcher in the Major Leagues after another abysmal outing on Thursday night against the Atlanta Braves. Harvey allowed six runs on eight hits, a walk and four strikeouts in six innings of work. Harvey really struggled early in the game giving up three runs in each of the first and third innings. The...
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